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A new study has shown that pharmaceutical drugs polluting the world’s waterways may significantly change the behavior of <a href="http://inhabitat.com/a-fish-named-obama-to-honor-the-president/" target="_blank">wild fish</a>. A study of wild perch found that the presence of a widely prescribed anti-anxiety medication called oxazepam makes the fish more mellow but also more antisocial and vulnerable to predators—which could have a notable ecological impact.
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All kinds of drugs regularly get into the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/melbourne-water-encourages-australian-citizens-to-build-10000-rain-gardens/" target="_blank">water supply</a> when people flush unneeded medication down toilets or pass trace amount in urine....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/new-study-shows-that-anti-anxiety-meds-in-waterways-alter-wild-fish-behavior/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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A new study has shown that pharmaceutical drugs polluting the world’s waterways may significantly change the behavior of <a href="http://inhabitat.com/a-fish-named-obama-to-honor-the-president/" target="_blank">wild fish</a>. A study of wild perch found that the presence of a widely prescribed anti-anxiety medication called oxazepam makes the fish more mellow but also more antisocial and vulnerable to predators—which could have a notable ecological impact.
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All kinds of drugs regularly get into the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/melbourne-water-encourages-australian-citizens-to-build-10000-rain-gardens/" target="_blank">water supply</a> when people flush unneeded medication down toilets or pass trace amount in urine....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/new-study-shows-that-anti-anxiety-meds-in-waterways-alter-wild-fish-behavior/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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A new study has shown that pharmaceutical drugs polluting the world’s waterways may significantly change the behavior of <a href="http://inhabitat.com/a-fish-named-obama-to-honor-the-president/" target="_blank">wild fish</a>. A study of wild perch found that the presence of a widely prescribed anti-anxiety medication called oxazepam makes the fish more mellow but also more antisocial and vulnerable to predators—which could have a notable ecological impact.
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All kinds of drugs regularly get into the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/melbourne-water-encourages-australian-citizens-to-build-10000-rain-gardens/" target="_blank">water supply</a> when people flush unneeded medication down toilets or pass trace amount in urine....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/new-study-shows-that-anti-anxiety-meds-in-waterways-alter-wild-fish-behavior/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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A new study has shown that pharmaceutical drugs polluting the world’s waterways may significantly change the behavior of wild fish. A study of wild perch found that the presence of a widely prescribed anti-anxiety medication called oxazepam makes the fish more mellow but also more antisocial and vulnerable to predators—which could have a notable ecological impact.
All kinds of drugs regularly get into the water supply when people flush unneeded medication down toilets or pass trace amount in urine....